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Nomad Air, for pneumatic tube transport in hospital

29 February 2016

The pneumatic tube transport system allows medicines,
samples and pharmaceutical preparations to be sent in record time from one
department to another. However, cold chain compliance of heat-sensitive products must not be
overlooked. This is why, at the request of a hospital, our engineers have
developed an insulated packaging solution specifically for this system of
transportation.

Nomad Air: a high-performance easy
to use insulated case

The Nomad Air insulated
case fits in the capsule used for
pneumatic tube transport. It is equipped with a thin but highly efficient insulating
material to give both good thermal efficiency and increased space.

It is
accompanied with eutectic gels and keeps healthcare products between +2°C and +8°C for 20 minutes.

The case is
orange so that it is clearly visible:
because it must be dealt with immediately as soon as the capsule arrives in the
relevant department.

The Nomad
Air insulated case inserted into a transportation capsule

No preparation or specific handing is required: it can be placed
directly into the refrigerator with no risk of the product freezing.

The internal
and external materials are easy to clean
and disinfect, with Surfa’Safe from Laboratoires ANIOS, for example.

Test: does Nomad Air comply with the cold chain?

Nomad Air performance
testing has proven that a syringe type product with 1ml of fluid can be kept
between +2°C and +8°C for 21 minutes with an average external temperature of +23°C.

The room temperature
is at the top (23°C), and the temperature of the product is in purple. It must
remain between the two thick red lines so as to ensure temperature control
(+2°C/+8°C). This is the case up to the 21st minute of the test.

Without an
insulated case, the medicine would have reached +8°C in less than 3 minutes, rather
than the 21 minutes shown on the graph. This is why it is important to guarantee the cold chain with
a tested and approved insulated packaging solution!

The Nomad Air insulated
Bag protects heat-sensitive healthcare products sent by pneumatic tube

Compliance
with the cold chain: ensure that
the capsule arrives at the correct temperature

Without insulated
protection, there is no temperature conservation. A capsule alone is not enough
to ensure that the healthcare product will stay between +2°C and +8°C during
transportation, even if it is only a few seconds.

In fact, several
phases must be taken into consideration:

Removal of the medicine from the refrigerated
cabinet,

Insertion into the capsule,

Transportation to the relevant department,

Management by the healthcare team.

Between each
step there may be a certain time lapse. As stated by Vincent Bailleul,
Innovation Manager and engineer at Sofrigam: “Our
temperature testing laboratory Ater Métrologie conducted temperature
tests to understand what happens when a medicine is not sent in an insulated
protection solution. The results are undeniable: the temperature rise is such
that the medicine exceeds the critical threshold of +8°C in around 2 minutes. The
use of an insulated case is therefore essential.”

The Nomad Air insulated case transports heat-sensitive
products within your hospital, clinic or healthcare facility using pneumatic
tube transportation. And all this, with complete ease, speed, and above all
security with guaranteed cold
chain compliance!